Not other liquids… just Soda. Milk you buy a gallon of. Soda? 2 Liters. Saying you’re gonna buy a gallon of Soda sounds very strange to an American. There’s also 1 Liter bottles.
Weird. Chugging cola from gallon jugs sounds like the most American thing one could think of, strange it’s not a thing yet. Also never understood why Americans buy milk in jugs. Isn’t this like the one thing you actually want to be in the smallest container possible? Do people drink that much milk, or are they commonly tossed unfinished when it inevitably spoils?
I don’t know if you’re just not from the US, but this dual labeling of groceries has been ongoing for decades. The US formally began transitioning to metric during the 1970s and has had plenty of dual uses ever since; it got cut short due to a mix of public apathy and active public disapproval, and when it was on its last legs, Reagan axed the metrification board early in his first term (not a defense, but it was seriously barely doing anything by that time because of public unwillingness to change). Rulers have inches and centimeters; there are imperial and metric tools; kids do learn metric in schools (usually in the context of a science class); etc. You aren’t expected to know metric as an average functioning adult, but it’s everywhere and useful to know in US society – usually just kind of in the background like here.
TL;DR: “Is adopting” said in 2026 in response to soda labels is a steep misunderstanding of metrification in the US.
Misleading aside, I’m happy that the US is adopting metric.
We measure sodas bigger than this in Liters.
Not other liquids… just Soda. Milk you buy a gallon of. Soda? 2 Liters. Saying you’re gonna buy a gallon of Soda sounds very strange to an American. There’s also 1 Liter bottles.
It’s the one of the most stupid Americanisms.
Weird. Chugging cola from gallon jugs sounds like the most American thing one could think of, strange it’s not a thing yet. Also never understood why Americans buy milk in jugs. Isn’t this like the one thing you actually want to be in the smallest container possible? Do people drink that much milk, or are they commonly tossed unfinished when it inevitably spoils?
We cook with and drink probably too much milk. Strong dairy lobby.
In my two person household we just do half gallons
I’ve found oat milk keeps far longer and has enough fat content to substitute well into most recipes.
I don’t know if you’re just not from the US, but this dual labeling of groceries has been ongoing for decades. The US formally began transitioning to metric during the 1970s and has had plenty of dual uses ever since; it got cut short due to a mix of public apathy and active public disapproval, and when it was on its last legs, Reagan axed the metrification board early in his first term (not a defense, but it was seriously barely doing anything by that time because of public unwillingness to change). Rulers have inches and centimeters; there are imperial and metric tools; kids do learn metric in schools (usually in the context of a science class); etc. You aren’t expected to know metric as an average functioning adult, but it’s everywhere and useful to know in US society – usually just kind of in the background like here.
TL;DR: “Is adopting” said in 2026 in response to soda labels is a steep misunderstanding of metrification in the US.
We’re not. Except in inner cities where it’s thriving
we’re miles behind in rural areas
“Streets behind”, even.